Comments on: EDUCATION http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/ Florida Democratic US Senate Candidate Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Veronica http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Veronica Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:12:21 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-607 I believe that once adults leave school the lose all concern for it. Funding in public schools is awful. We are down to the bones and we still keep losing money and sports and the arts have already lost all their funding. I love Ferre's idea of getting better teaachers. No matter what the subject I always do well in a class with a good teacher and all cutting class sizes does is irritate people. Yes my class is now only 20 people or whatever BUT I can't get a schedule change out of the elective I don't want to be in becuase it will throw my schedule off and then there will be too many students in a class but we can't get more teachers because there's no funding! When it comes to college I think the Pell Grant needs to be extended first then increased. I'm counting on my Pell Grant money for junior and senior year but as it stands I'll only recieve it for 2 years. Ferre is the only canidate I've seen to take a real stand on education. I believe that once adults leave school the lose all concern for it. Funding in public schools is awful. We are down to the bones and we still keep losing money and sports and the arts have already lost all their funding. I love Ferre’s idea of getting better teaachers. No matter what the subject I always do well in a class with a good teacher and all cutting class sizes does is irritate people. Yes my class is now only 20 people or whatever BUT I can’t get a schedule change out of the elective I don’t want to be in becuase it will throw my schedule off and then there will be too many students in a class but we can’t get more teachers because there’s no funding! When it comes to college I think the Pell Grant needs to be extended first then increased. I’m counting on my Pell Grant money for junior and senior year but as it stands I’ll only recieve it for 2 years. Ferre is the only canidate I’ve seen to take a real stand on education.

]]> By: Ariel http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Ariel Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:34:07 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-590 Buena Suerte, Mr. Ferre. Your stance for education has convinced me to cast a vote for you. I think that we especially need to create higher incentives for the teachers to stay in "at risk" or lower "SES areas" (such as teach for america). The higher value we place on education and the providers of education, the better equipped our young people will be to compete globally. Buena Suerte, Mr. Ferre. Your stance for education has convinced me to cast a vote for you. I think that we especially need to create higher incentives for the teachers to stay in “at risk” or lower “SES areas” (such as teach for america). The higher value we place on education and the providers of education, the better equipped our young people will be to compete globally.

]]> By: Sharrie http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Sharrie Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:46:26 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-583 Yess! Everything you said is what we need. We have to get up-to-date. The education system has used the same books, tests, and lesson plans for years. We need projects and hands on educations. We need job preparation education. When I graduated from college at Missouri Valley, everything I learned was out-of-date when I got to the real working world. Why were the lesson plans and books that we learned was so far behind. I have a BS in Computer Information Systems, and still felt so out-of-date when I tried to look for jobs here in FLA. I got told to go get certified! But, I'm thinking why, I just graduated. It's backwards. Yess! Everything you said is what we need. We have to get up-to-date. The education system has used the same books, tests, and lesson plans for years. We need projects and hands on educations. We need job preparation education. When I graduated from college at Missouri Valley, everything I learned was out-of-date when I got to the real working world. Why were the lesson plans and books that we learned was so far behind. I have a BS in Computer Information Systems, and still felt so out-of-date when I tried to look for jobs here in FLA. I got told to go get certified! But, I’m thinking why, I just graduated. It’s backwards.

]]> By: Nanci http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Nanci Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:47:29 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-570 Your Comments Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of their students, it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. Often this is the case when as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased the principal's evaluation is negatively affected. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment our students are immersed in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brain's function and capacity for learning. It isn't just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It will not be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow's ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them is not doing their part to hold up that stool, the child's education will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age five, nor is it solely the responsibility of or failure of the public schools. Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of students it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. This often occurs because as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased the principal's evaluation is negatively affected. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment our students are immersed in in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brains function and capacity for learning. It isn't just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It won't be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow's ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them isn't doing their part to hold up that stool, the child's education, will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age 5, nor solely is it the responsibility of failure of the public schools. Your Comments
Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of their students, it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. Often this is the case when as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased the principal’s evaluation is negatively affected. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment our students are immersed in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brain’s function and capacity for learning. It isn’t just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It will not be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them is not doing their part to hold up that stool, the child’s education will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age five, nor is it solely the responsibility of or failure of the public schools. Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of students it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. This often occurs because as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased the principal’s evaluation is negatively affected. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment our students are immersed in in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brains function and capacity for learning. It isn’t just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It won’t be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them isn’t doing their part to hold up that stool, the child’s education, will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age 5, nor solely is it the responsibility of failure of the public schools.

]]> By: Nanci http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Nanci Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:39:38 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-569 Your Comments Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of their students, it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. Often this is the case when as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased the principal's evaluation is negatively affected. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment, our students are immersed in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brains function and capacity for learning. It isn't just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It will not be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow's ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them is not doing their part to hold up that stool, the child's education will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age five, nor solely is it the responsibility of failure of the public schools.Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of students (because as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased their evaluation is negatively affected) it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment our students are immersed in in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brains function and capacity for learning. It isn't just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It won't be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow's ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them isn't doing their part to hold up that stool, the child's education, will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age 5, nor solely is it the responsibility of failure of the public schools. Your Comments
Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of their students, it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. Often this is the case when as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased the principal’s evaluation is negatively affected. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment, our students are immersed in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brains function and capacity for learning. It isn’t just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It will not be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them is not doing their part to hold up that stool, the child’s education will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age five, nor solely is it the responsibility of failure of the public schools.Teachers can only be as effective as the support for the learning environment. When principals do not follow through on discipline of students (because as the number of discipline interventions needed is increased their evaluation is negatively affected) it is detrimental to a positive environment for learning in the classroom. When dollars are not committed to low class sizes, teachers cannot spend as much time as needed to properly assist struggling students. When dollars are not committed to providing facilities that support the integration of technology in learning, our students, who are digital natives, suffer because they do not learn in the manner their parents much less their grandparents did. Learning needs to be relevant in its presentation and scope to the environment our students are immersed in in everyday life. We need to be able to develop their 21st Century workforce skills and that cannot be done without abundant, available 21st Century technology in the classrooms for both students and teachers to use. Take the time to do the literature search on brain development to see what happens when a child is not exposed to a rich language environment prior to age 5 and how it changes the brains function and capacity for learning. It isn’t just a matter of less words known as though you can teach deprived students those extra 1000 words and everything will be equal. It won’t be. You are better informed than most but still insufficiently informed to be making pronouncements that deride teachers who may not be able to get a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Students initially do catch up but fall back again as they age. Pre-K is not soon enough to intervene. Intervention needs to begin at birth. Learning is a 3-legged stool. The teacher, student, and parent or guardian are those legs. If any one of them isn’t doing their part to hold up that stool, the child’s education, will suffer and fail. There are many adults heading households with children. There are fewer with parents, i.e. those who actually nurture and guide their children to positive outcomes. That has to be done from birth, not just age 5, nor solely is it the responsibility of failure of the public schools.

]]> By: Aleah http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Aleah Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:12:45 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-546 I would like to see our schools utilized all year. There is so much for our children to learn and they won't learn it with 2 weeks off for Christmas, another week for Easter and another week for Thanksgiving etc. Plus after a summer off it takes these children up to 3 weeks to be able to learn again so that is more wasted time out of our ridiculously short school year. Our children are way behind most first world countries with education, like a wise person said, another country designs and engineers electronic games but our children can only play them. I would like to see our schools utilized all year. There is so much for our children to learn and they won’t learn it with 2 weeks off for Christmas, another week for Easter and another week for Thanksgiving etc. Plus after a summer off it takes these children up to 3 weeks to be able to learn again so that is more wasted time out of our ridiculously short school year. Our children are way behind most first world countries with education, like a wise person said, another country designs and engineers electronic games but our children can only play them.

]]> By: ana http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-522 ana Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:31:59 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-522 I wholeheartedly agree with early education programs. I do have a problem when discussing "effective teacher" issues. How would you rate what is an effective teacher. Certainly you cannot begin to compare those who teach in neighborhoods where students have advantages (i.e. basic needs food, shelter, school supplies) to those teachers whose students come to school hungry, have no school supplies or have no idea where they are going to be sleeping! The playing field begins at a disavantage. I wholeheartedly agree with early education programs. I do have a problem when discussing “effective teacher” issues. How would you rate what is an effective teacher. Certainly you cannot begin to compare those who teach in neighborhoods where students have advantages (i.e. basic needs food, shelter, school supplies) to those teachers whose students come to school hungry, have no school supplies or have no idea where they are going to be sleeping! The playing field begins at a disavantage.

]]> By: Sarah Bottomley http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Sarah Bottomley Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:40:35 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-494 Lack of funding is not the only reason education is poor in poorer communities. I have seen a phenomenon I think privileged people do not see. The reason for the poverty is corruption in the local government. Small time tyrants do not believe in equal opportunity and act to maintain an underprivileged class. Their policies are heavy on church and propaganda because they have discovered that people who can think logically will resent their tyranny. The citizens remain unmotivated and turn criminal because they see the criminality in the system, in the disparity between what we say about civil rights and what we provide. Don't just throw more money at "help the poor" programs. Get rid of corruption, graft, and favoritism. Lack of funding is not the only reason education is poor in poorer communities. I have seen a phenomenon I think privileged people do not see. The reason for the poverty is corruption in the local government. Small time tyrants do not believe in equal opportunity and act to maintain an underprivileged class. Their policies are heavy on church and propaganda because they have discovered that people who can think logically will resent their tyranny. The citizens remain unmotivated and turn criminal because they see the criminality in the system, in the disparity between what we say about civil rights and what we provide. Don’t just throw more money at “help the poor” programs. Get rid of corruption, graft, and favoritism.

]]> By: Anthony sedore http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Anthony sedore Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:04:03 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-461 "the greatest resource a nation has are the minds of it's children..." Walt Disney It's so refreshing to see a candidate who has actually thought thru the issues rather than the old "Im for good jobs, great schools, and safe neighborhoods..." You definitely have my donation and vote “the greatest resource a nation has are the minds of it’s children…”
Walt Disney

It’s so refreshing to see a candidate who has actually thought thru the issues rather than the old “Im for good jobs, great schools, and safe neighborhoods…”

You definitely have my donation and vote

]]> By: Olga http://mymauriceferre.com/positions/education/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Olga Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:39:27 +0000 http://mymauriceferre.com/?p=1348#comment-406 Education is important to securing social benefits. As the baby boomers are now reaching retirement, American welfare is on the verge of collapse. We need a new, well-educated society to step in and take charge in the global economy. Education is important to securing social benefits. As the baby boomers are now reaching retirement, American welfare is on the verge of collapse. We need a new, well-educated society to step in and take charge in the global economy.

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